Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act This bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) assess the impediments to the protection and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) establish national protection and restoration priorities regarding these areas. Coastal blue carbon ecosystems are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt water wetland that have the ability to sequester and store carbon.
Air qualityAquatic ecologyClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightDams and canalsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureExecutive Office of the PresidentFloods and storm protectionForests, forestry, treesGeography and mappingGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsLand use and conservationMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine pollutionTechnology assessmentWater qualityWatershedsWetlandsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act
USA116th CongressS-3939| Senate
| Updated: 6/11/2020
Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act This bill establishes the Interagency Working Group on Coastal Blue Carbon to (1) assess the impediments to the protection and restoration of coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and (2) establish national protection and restoration priorities regarding these areas. Coastal blue carbon ecosystems are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt water wetland that have the ability to sequester and store carbon.
Air qualityAquatic ecologyClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightDams and canalsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureExecutive Office of the PresidentFloods and storm protectionForests, forestry, treesGeography and mappingGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsLand use and conservationMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine pollutionTechnology assessmentWater qualityWatershedsWetlandsWildlife conservation and habitat protection